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This is Elizabeth.

And I'm John.

From Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

And we're on a hot dog eating trip ending in Cherokee County, South Carolina.

This was recorded at 1.45 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 16th, 20205.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but John, our hot dog connoisseur, will have completed his goal of eating a hot dog in all 46 South Carolina counties.

Oh my God.

If you're hearing this today, go get a hot dog.

Here's the show.

Wow.

Yeah.

I don't know that we can advise that as a health for your health.

But I, you know, I like a good hot dog now and then. It's like the only time that I actually eat sourcrow. So otherwise I would have needed. So that is a good opportunity. I have done a barbecue tour in South Carolina and Eastern North Carolina as well as Texas. That's a fun thing to do. Your fiber as well, guys. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Ashley Lopez. I cover politics. I'm Elena Moore. I also cover politics. And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. And today on the show, we're talking about Gen Z and millennial voters. They're expected to make up more than half of the eligible voters by the next presidential election.

And this is a voting block who says financial pressures are key to how or whether they vote.

Elena, you've been talking to people in their 20s and 30s who live in small towns and rural areas recently.

Can you give me a sense of what you've heard from these voters?

Yeah. And I mean, we should say, you know, the economy is the top issue for most Americans.

Regardless of age background, it's across the board.

Talking to young voters in some small towns and rural areas, it seems like their dreams of success, they aren't lavish dreams.

They're often the traditional milestones

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